To:M. N. POKROVSKY

Written:Written between August 5 and 31, 1916Published:First published in 1958 inVoprosy Istorii KPSSNo. 4.

      Sent from Flums to France.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      page557.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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DearEditor,

Iam so scared by the ridiculous and incredible loss of anabsolutely innocuousmanuscript that I am afraid even to mention
your name.

Iam afraid that my letter, too, has been copied. I asked there, that
if it was inconvenient to take the usual pseudonym (V. Ilyin), to use
N. Lenivtsyn. Now we shall have to use another: V. I. Ivanovsky, let us
say.

Iadvised there (if the word “imperialism” is so “horrifying”) to
change the title, sag, to: “The Peculiarities of Contemporary
Capitalism”.

Nowthis will have to be changed again: “Latest Economic Data on
Modern Capitalism” or something like that.

Thetitles (chapter headings) to be deleted (when sent to
Russia). Perhaps even the chapter headings should be changed? It could be
done.

Iwould ask you to keep the present format (which is what I was asked
to do). No cuts can be made without breaking it up.

(Unlesswe throw out whole chapters at the end? So that I can use them
in another place? This at the very worst of worsts! I am all for no cuts.)

Pleaseleave the notes, they are important (especially
			       No. 101[1]),

and the literature tooshould beindicated, for in Russia you have
students and suchlike people who read.

Youreditorial changes and improvements, of course, I shall accept with
pleasure.

Mybest regards,Lenin

[1]Seealso Lenin’s letter of July 2, 1916, to M. N.  Pokrovsky (present
edition, Vol. 35, pp. 226–27).—Ed.